Day 8: Joy, Tears Abound as Final Day Crowns U.S. Champions and Fills Out Paris Team
Day 8: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Shocks World — and Herself — with 400 Hurdles Record
Day 7: Tara Davis-Woodhall Kicks up Heels and Wins Long Jump, Dons Cowboy Hat, Boots
Day 6: Grant Holloway Leads Sub-13 Sweep of 110 Hurdles as 200 Heats Set Up Dramatic Final
Day 5: Sha’Carri, Noah and Sydney Sizzle in First-Round Action as Valarie Allman wins Discus
Day 4: Rancho Bernardo High School graduate wins 800-meter run, set for first Olympic Games
Day 3: Noah Lyles Puts Stamp on Olympic Trials in Winning His Equal Fastest 100-Meter Dash
Day 2: Crouser and Richardson Make Paris Team as Snoop Dogg Makes Celebrity Entrance
They’re the yin and yang of the U.S. Olympic Trials — humble Ryan Crouser the shot putter at 6-feet-7 and 320 pounds and outspoken Sha’Carri Richardson the sprinter at 5-1 and 110 pounds.
No matter their moods, they were the golden duo Saturday when they won their events at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.
Olympic champion Crouser, the world record holder, topped his longtime rival Joe Kovacs 74-11 1/4 to 73-7 1/4 as both head to the Paris Ganes as medal favorites.
World champion Richardson — one of the faces of NBC’s Paris promotions — won the 100-meter dash in 10.71 seconds, the best time in the world this season. She later did a group hug with training mates Melissa Jefferson and TeeTee Terry, also headed to Paris with marks of 10.80 and 10.89.
Day 1: Sprinter Stayed Calm, Sha-Carried On: Leads 100s Despite Stumble, Shoelace
Shoelaces become untied but Sha’Carri Richardson never gets unglued.
In her first-round heat Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, the defending world 100-meter-dash champion set the pace for all women by clocking 10.88 seconds in that event.
Richardson, who hopes to claim the title of World’s Fastest Woman at the Paris Olympics, had a few awkward steps near the start of her race. But she stayed calm and carried on.
Then her right shoelaces began flapping in the wind despite her tying them before settling into the blocks.
Photo evidence of this is in our video slide show from Day 1 at Hayward Field.






